Strange Displayport issue

[spudd]

Hey,

I recently bought a mini PC from Amazon which has displayport, HDMI and VGA out

I’m not using the VGA but I am finding that the Displayport is intermittent, it seems to function OK if I unplug and replug the cable or resume from sleep, but if I reboot the PC it stops working

The HDMI port works fine on the PC

I don’t think it’s the monitor as I have 2 identical monitors, tried swapping the cables over between them

I do have to use an adaptor for the displayport as my monitors only take HDMI connections

Is there an easy fix for this?

 

[root]

Hello, and welcome to Computer Forums!

This is odd - a few things I would say to try would be to check you’ve got the latest graphic drivers - is the computer you’re using running Windows?

Have you used this adaptor / monitor combination previously without any issues?

 

[spudd]

Hey,

Thanks for getting back to me

I used to use this adaptor on an old machine just fine but it’s been a while.

Drivers are up to date as far as I know, I’m not using a graphics card but just intel graphics.

 

[root]

One other thing you might want to check is whether it’s a passive or active adapter. I believe some cheaper adapters only work with certain graphics / monitors combinations - if you can either borrow or buy and ‘active’ DP to HDMI adapter, here’s an example:

https://www.amazon.com/Displayport-...9Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

 

[spudd]

Thank you! This was exactly what I needed, my monitor is now working perfectly!